On Hiatus . . .

  
Photograph from New York Public Library collection.

You, who stood alone in the tall bay window
of a Brooklyn brownstone, conjuring morning
with free-flying words, knew the power, terror
in words, in flying;”
Elegy for a Soldier by Marilyn Hacker in Desesperanto: Poems 1999-2002

I am on hiatus for approximately six weeks.  Meanwhile, I leave you with an old-time Brooklyn picture [...]

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The House In Watchung

Photograph from the Borough of Watchung, New Jersey official website.
“The Borough of Watchung was organized on April 20, 1926 and covers an area of approximately 6.2 square miles.  Watchung was settled in the early eighteenth century and grew slowly until recent years.  In 1960 the population was 3,312 and in 2000 it was 5,613.” 
Trips to New Jersey [...]

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Of Birds and Blossoms on New Year 2009

Photograph: Albino Peacock from May (thank you), photographer unknown.

And, thank you to Ann for sharing this poem:
From Blossoms
by Li-Young Lee

From blossoms comes

this brown paper bag of peaches

we bought from the boy

at the bend in the road where we turned toward

signs painted Peaches.

From laden boughs, from hands,

from sweet fellowship in the bins,

comes nectar at the roadside, succulent

peaches [...]

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Returning to Dreamland: Coney Island

This video is of a reading – in sterling Brooklynese – of Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem, Coney Island of the Mind. It was created and posted on YouTube by BooUrns28 and includes some of his own thoughts and memories. 
“One belongs to Coney Island instantly . . . “ 
Lugging bags with bathing suits, the [...]

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